RE: Is there a more succinct way to say this?

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

I agree with everything you say...except I can't take anything TOO MUCH
for granted with my audience.

 
Craig Cardimon
Technical Writer
Marketing Systems Group
ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com [mailto:laura_johnson -at- agilent -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com; Cardimon, Craig
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Is there a more succinct way to say this?
> 
> I agree with you about the word "button", but I'd never say "click
ENTER".
> Doesn't make sense. It should be "Press ENTER or click OK." That's if
you
> want to describe both paths; in my docs I just say "click OK", but my
> audience is very familiar with basic Windows operations.
> -Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [mailto:jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:43 AM
> To: Cardimon, Craig
> Cc: Technical Writing
> Subject: Re: Is there a more succinct way to say this?
> 
> I never include the word button..it's redundant.
> 
> "Click ENTER or OK."
> 
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-
> g.com>wrote:
> 
> > Is there a better way of saying, "Press ENTER or click the OK
button?"
> >
> >
> 
> > --
> > John Posada
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > NYMetro STC President
> >
> > Looking for the next gig.
> >
> 

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